Vernissage- all the final projects at the school exhibition!

Now that you’ve seen my final project from woodworking school, here’s a tour of all the final projects at our graduation vernissage. If you haven’t seen my final project post yet click here.

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Unfortunately we didn’t have a nice showroom for the exhibition and were forced to use the school’s shop as a backdrop, which meant ugly lighting and distracting background machinery in all the photos! But it’s also a bit more real this way- we had after all just finished our projects that day.

Veneered MDF, solid cherry turned pedestal and edging.

Inlaid banding around chessboard

A lot of attention to detail on this piece

Unfortunately this was one project that came together in the last minutes before our Vernissage

Checkerboard feature with exotic woods

So many exotic woods were used in this project, ones smells like cinnamon when cut into!

A very nice design!

Through tenons in seats, and shaped legs

Breadboard ends on the table top

Frame and panel design

I like that knot in the wood.

Cherry edging. Solid birch with veneered sheetstock panels.

Walnut and cherry.

Hand dovetailed drawers

Interesting triangular legs come up through the table top

A filing unit for an artist

Made of solid birch or maple with sheetstock panels

There were about 10 of these out on the table at one point, each of us had made one

A table top drawer chest made of solid cherry- beautiful figure!

The drawers will be fitted with dividers to display insects

The drawers are meant to be taken out and set on the top of the chest when looking at the insects

This egg jewelry box had a LOT of interest!

Pipe-bent walnut drawer sides and pulls

The egg is made of face laminated plywood, and was then attached to a stump with a large dowel

This table has a sturdy construction.

Hand cut drawer dovetails

Entirely made of solid maple- a good choice for kitchens due to it’s antibactierial properties

Solid maple. Steam bent back legs

Shaped back splats with angled tenons

Through wedged tenons

Solid walnut

Decorative scroll work and delightful hardware

The framed mirror will sit behind the drawers and shrine

Solid maple with walnut accents and a baltic birch shelf

Most popular question was how I made the side panels- scroll saw!

Freshly finished with lacquer earlier that day

I took these pictures minutes before the crowd arrived. It was a bit of a blur after that! Speaking of blur,  your eyes were not deceiving you, I blurred the title cards and faces in all the photos.

As I’ve mentioned in past posts, I’ll be going into more detail about my time at school. I plan to post photos of all the projects we made and why they were important for a beginner to learn.

Coming up Monday I’m going to post some photos that show the current state of my shop and the equipment.